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Delray, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston quadrangle.

Delray within Upson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

475 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 475 fires within 5 miles of Delray between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,441 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 61 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning287
Arson/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony18
Natural11
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-UPSON-011
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-007
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON013
29 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Delray: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bentley ProspectMicaProspect
F M Thompson PropertyMicaProspect
J M Bevel DepositMicaOccurrence
J.A.Partridge MineMicaPast Producer
Partridge MineMicaPast Producer
Thompson ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Upson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delray in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Delray$20,000A National Weather Service survey team found that a brief EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 MPH and a maximum path width of 175 yards began in northern Upson County near Del Ray Road northeast of Hannahs Mill. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted as the tornado moved north close to two miles before ending along Jug Town Road. [01/21/17: Tornado #9, County #1/1, EF1, Upson, 2017:010].

Every storm recorded in Upson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
McKinney1.9 miles12
Paynes Mill2.3 miles12
Blacksboro (historical)2.4 miles12
Hannahs Mill2.9 miles12
Dog Crossing2.9 miles12
The Rock3.3 miles10
Atwater3.8 miles12
Silvertown4.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331537. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.